Sentences with phrase «of few players who»

They're one of the few players who are challenging Apple's iPhone right now, so it hardly comes as a surprise that Apple is trying to sue them.

Gareth Bale was one of the few players who could be handed any credit after Real Madrid's 1 - 0 defeat at the hands of Villarreal last weekend and the Welshman went on to follow it up with a stunning four goal performance in the 10 - 2 victory over Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.

I don't consider Chamakh a striker and Park doesn't get a look in — so I've got a good idea, let's loan out one of the few players who can get us a goal or provide an assist.

Pods and Jenks, two of the few players who were trying to earn their salary, leaving in useless Ramsey and headless Gervinio.

«He is one of the few players who can be put in the best teams in the world, a complete midfielder with class and experience.

They seemed to have an inherent understanding, with Rooney being one of the few players who can see the same things as Ronaldo does on the pitch.

Fosu - Mensah is one of the few players who has really shone outside Man United.

But his most impressive contribution to the evolution of the game was to be one of the few players who've actually managed to get the laws of the game changed.

I'm happy for Monreal though, because he is one of the few players who tries hard every game and the new formation is giving him more in terms of his offensive side of play.

I just hope people stop this «he's lazy so don't sign him» thing.Riyad Mahrez is a quality player and in my eyes one of the best PL dribblers.Sanchez may be the better player but Riyad is still the better dibbler.He makes dribbling look so easy.He's even destroyed Arsenal before and was one of the few players who made Coquelin who was so defensively solid look bad in 14/15.

And don't tell me that it was only against smaller or weaker teams, in the past seasons he was one of the few players who have scored goals against the big teams.

He is one of our few players who always put their heart and soul into it.

I do have some sympathy as Ozil was one of the few players who looked like they might break the Stoke defence and chasing back and tackling is not his strong point.

He's one of the few players who are consistently able to turn short screen passes and slant routes into big gains.

He's also one of the few players who can handle a team's failures squarely on his shoulders.

Coquelin was one of the few players who really impressed me against Southampton.

Sanchez is one of the few players who gives it his all in whatever circumstances the game may have taken so yea play him as much as he wants, christ its not like there are many others in the team that have his drive and will to win.

But Stephenson, a career journeyman who has only ever played well for the Pacers, is one of the few players who seems to revel in taunting James.

Not exact matches

«The service appealed to only a few customer groups — movie buffs who didn't care about new releases, early adopters of DVD players, and online shoppers,» they add.

After a global breakthrough of its smartphone game in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds» eggs, Rovio said a few years ago that it could go public by 2013, either in Hong Kong or New York.

I am convinced the Euro has been riding high these last few years due to currency manipulators and a few key players who had enough green backs to short the dollar, prop up the Euro, and make a ton of money in the process (George Soros comes to mind).

A system of local markets with many participants, playing by rules established by the community, does this better than a global market dominated by a few players who set their own rules.

A good example: I've been playing a videogame of late with a combination Greek / fantasy pantheon in which the player - character is a very faithful servant of a particular goddess, knows other gods exist (because killing them / beating them up is the main plot of the game), and winds up with an ally who can clearly see that the gods exist but only cares about following himself — so there's a mix there of misotheism with a few of the gods (they are there, but they're evil), faithful worship (serving a good goddess), and nay theism («You gods are selfish jerks, I'm going my own way!»).

So is it game over for dairy farmers, who just a few years ago were riding high on the prospect of massive Chinese demand, and the sense Australia was the only place to be, as international players piled with eye - watering corporate deals in to guarantee a piece of the $ 13 billion Australian dairy industry?

seems to reflect the general mess that the club is now in... rent seeking owner disinterested in the game, delusional manager who continues to believe the game is played in his own head rather than against other teams who are strengthening, too many players in some positions too few in others, inflated wage bill due to hanging on to deadwood players, injury prone before season starts, lack of footballing identity... wexit a necessary but probably not sufficient condition for club to regain its status

There have been a few debates regarding which young players who could make the move from the Arsenal under 21's to the first team for next season, and whilst the likes of Jon Toral may have been mentioned as a likely candidate, Iwobi will most certainly be well in Wenger's view for next season.

He remains a good player and remember he is one of the few who really love the club.

Now, Wenger said a few days ago: «But first I think we have to keep 90 per cent of these players together and find one or two more who strengthen the group but we don't need a lot.

This will be music to the ears of Europe's top teams, including Arsenal and Liverpool, who have been linked with the player over the past few transfer windows.

Arsene Wenger shouldn't be hassling too much over a player who is unlikely to cost more than a few million and with the investment he could bring to Arsenal at 20 years of age, it makes him a very promising target.

He has bags of talent and is one of the few wing players besides Bellerin who is willing and able to take on defenders in the attack.

Alexis is one of the few players in the world, along with Messi, who actually put more effort in to staying on their feet than they do choreographing their dives.

There are plenty of contracts expiring at the end of this campaign, with the likes of Koscielny, Mertesacker and Cazorla just to name a few, but it seems there is more talk about players who have their contracts ending in 2018.

Made a third offer of 45 million for him and i think they rebuff it, and Monaco are playing hard ball and with a few weeks to go who knows we may Get him, As for Alexis Sanchez sell him if he wants to leave, it could upset the changing room Wenger can't keep a player who doesn't want to play for the club,

Most of the Arsenal players are mediocre with a manager who don't have any winning ambition left, we need complete change in our board to players, only few players who have winning mentality should stay.

The man who went from the best story in college basketball to the sport's most polarizing player in the span of a few weeks.

You could see Cech going out a few times and it kinda felt like he didn't trust the 3 players he had in front of him, who are not the regular 3 you'd see if everyone is fit for sure, but I thought for a makeshift defense we were alright, and thank god we didn't play Elneny as a CB.

Improvement I've sure been there the past few games... I feel he should trust more some players like Campbell, Podolski and Bellerin (who looks a real talent at right back with a run of games under his belt) and put in place more rotations / flexibility!!

Can anyone one of you who thinks Wenger is flawless explain «WHY» when we needed to get a striker to score a few goals to win the league, Mr Wenger goes and buys a midfield player?

After several games and learning who a few of the players were I knew it was a team I could cheer for.

Prior to Gazidis Wenger didn't penny pinch for players, Wenger would pay over the odds if it meant getting his player, this is proven by Nasri who signed a new contract just before Wenger bought him for an inflated price... few months after Gazidis arrives and that type of spending STOPS.

Still, we'll miss Poldi as one of the few players we have who 1) will shoot from outside 18 yards 2) generally puts the ball on target.

Arsenal need to make sure they are satisfied with how, who, when and where they have invested their money into and it would be a great shame to miss out on a player over a few extra pennies (in the mind of a football club)

I, DO NOT believe in the Chelsea, Cty system of just paying fortunes for 27/32 year old players, who will then need to be replaced in a few years, whereas the talented youth are sold off.

You mentioned few players who Mr i know it all (wenger) ignored in the past whom actually turned out to be bad players but failed to mention handful of players wenger passover whom turned out to be world class players Such as Ronaldo, Zlatan, Ronaldinho, Drogba, Yaya toure etc..

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

This time a few of the players who were suspected by the captains of having bet against the team left the room laughing, unaffected by the gravity of the accusation.

The Daily Mirror recently linked Chelsea and United as among the clubs interested in signing Alderweireld for around # 55million, which looks a decent fee for a player who's been one of the best centre - backs in Europe for the last few years.

The gross mismanagement of Arsenal during June - Aug of this year is currently my feature case as a prototype of the worst possible bungling of personnel resources and mis - assignment of employee resources to roles (as just a few of many possible examples, sitting Kola & Laca last match, starting Welbeck who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, playing Bellerin at LWB, third straight laughable team assignments in a row, seriously considering loaning out our 2nd best center back, letting multiple key players enter the final year of contract, etc etc etc) imaginable.

Come the other year when Arsenal went the whole season without a defeat in the Premier League, Barcelona were attracted by Marc Overmas and Emmanue Petti, the two joined Barcelona, they played few games, and sometime on the bench, as a result Emmanue Petti decided to go back to England and joined New - Castle and always regret leaving Arsenal, then the other year it was Alexander Hleb, he was the best dribller in Arsenal team, he went again to Barcelona, he was never given some games, I think he only played few games as a sub, and his carrier was destroyed by Barcelona, then come Henry, he again went to Barcelona, he played some games but not like he used to do at Arsenal, he was not looking like a star player anymore, he decided to go to America, then there was Fabrigas, he joined Barcelona again, since he was one of their juniors, I think he played for two seasons, and supporter used to booing him, he decided to come back to Arsenal, by then Arsenal had already resplaced him with Ozil, and he joined Chelsea, then come Alexander Song, he pushed to go to Barcelona, he was always on the banch, and never been on first eleven, then he ended up regreting joing Barcelona, and wanted to go back to Arsenal, but normally Wenger do not take players who pushed themselves to be out of Arsenal, lastly there was Vermuleen, he went to Barcelona and ended up not playing at all but when playing for Arsenal they used to be star players.